CTL Tech Boot Camp:

Content Literacy for a New Millennium

Roland O'Daniel
Collaborative for Teaching and Learning
January 17, 2007

Agenda


•9:00-10:00 Introduction
•10:00-11:55 Work in Groups to explore different aspects of the technologies (Take break as needed)
•11:55-12:00 Tie-up morning
•12:00-1:00 Lunch
•1:00-1:45 Share morning work
•1:30-2:45 Search for current usage of literacy technologies
•2:45-4:00 Discussion of embedding literacy technologies in our practice

Standards


Leadership and Vision:
•-Foster and nurture a culture of responsible risk-taking and advocate policies promoting continuous innovation with technology.

Learning and Teaching:
•-Identify, use, evaluate, and promote appropriate technologies to enhance and support instruction and standards-based curriculum leading to high levels of student achievement.
•-Facilitate and support collaborative technology-enriched learning environments conducive to innovation for improved learning.
•-Provide for learner-centered environments that use technology to meet the individual and diverse needs of learners.
•-Facilitate the use of technologies to support and enhance instructional methods that develop higher-level thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Professional Practice: •-Model the routine, intentional, and effective use of technology.
•-Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and their potential uses in education.
•-Use technology to advance organizational improvement.

Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues:
•-Identify, communicate, model, and enforce social, legal, and ethical practices to promote responsible use of technology.
•-Promote and enforce privacy, security, and online safety related to the use of technology.

Modified from the Kentucky Department of Education Tech Standards for Teachers and Administrators

RSS


• Rich Site Summary

• Really Simple Syndication
Tutorial
Aggregators
• Web based
• Desktop based


Blogs


Definition

Different Blog sites

Example
•Create account
•Settings
•Permissions
•Post


Wikis


Wikipedia

Striving Readers Wiki

Create account
•Editing
•Adding pages

Podcasting


Example

•Create
Audio
Audacity

•Video

•Posting
•OurMedia
•Feedburner


Del.icio.us


•Web-based Social Bookmarking
Create account
•Adding bookmarks


Groupwork


Each group will work together to:
•Create individual RSS accounts
•Add feeds to their account
•Create a blog/wiki
•Post/edit blog/wiki
•Enhance their blog/wiki

Literacy Technology in Use


Look for people who are already pushing the envelope of literacy technology.